Bill Boswell of MCPmag writes:

Hide folders from users who have no business accessing them using a nifty feature of Windows 2003 Service Pack 1.

Many of the questions I get for this column concern ways to make users toe the line. In the upcoming Service Pack 1 release for Windows Server 2003, you’ll find find a nifty little feature that’s ideally suited for keeping users out of places they don’t belong.

The formal name of the feature is Access-based Directory Enumeration, or ABE. In a nutshell, ABE gives you, as the administrator, the ability to automatically hide shared files and folders from users if they don’t have access rights.

I hear you say, “Hooray!” I hear you say, “It’s about time!” I hear NetWare administrators saying, “Ho hum. Old news. Had it for years.”

Yes, folder hiding has been a feature in NetWare since somewhere near the dawn of time (certainly since the late ’80s, which is about the same thing). It’s a welcome addition to a Windows administrator’s arsenal.

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